2001–02 Miami Hurricanes men's basketball team

2001–02 Miami Hurricanes men's basketball
2001–02 Miami Hurricanes men's basketball
NCAA tournament, First round
Conference	Big East Conference
Ranking
AP	No. 21
Record	24–8 (10–6 Big East)
Head coach	Perry Clark (2nd season);
Assistant coach	Dwight Freeman
Home arena	Miami Arena
	Seasons ← 2000–01 2002–03 →

2001–02 Big East men's basketball standings
v t e	Conf				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
East
No. 10 Connecticut†	13	–	3	.813	27	–	7	.794
No. 21 Miami	10	–	6	.625	24	–	8	.750
St. John's	9	–	7	.563	20	–	12	.625
Boston College	8	–	8	.500	20	–	12	.625
Villanova	7	–	9	.438	19	–	13	.594
Providence	6	–	10	.375	15	–	16	.484
Virginia Tech*	4	–	12	.250	10	–	18	.357
West
No. 9 Pittsburgh	13	–	3	.813	29	–	6	.829
Notre Dame	10	–	6	.625	22	–	11	.667
Georgetown	9	–	7	.563	19	–	11	.633
Syracuse	9	–	7	.563	23	–	13	.639
Rutgers	8	–	8	.500	18	–	13	.581
Seton Hall	5	–	11	.313	12	–	18	.400
West Virginia*	1	–	15	.063	8	–	20	.286

† 2002 Big East tournament winner As of April 1, 2002^[1] Rankings from AP Poll *Did not qualify for 2002 Big East tournament

The 2001–02 Miami Hurricanes men's basketball team represented the University of Miami during the 2001–02 NCAA Division I men's basketball season.

The University of Miami men's basketball team, led by second-year head coach Perry Clark, played their home games at the Miami Arena as members of the Big East Conference. They finished the season 24–8, 10–6 in Big East play to finish in a tie for second place. They lost in the semifinals of the Big East tournament to Pittsburgh, but received an at-large invitation to the NCAA tournament as No. 5 seed in the West region. Miami was upset by No. 12 seed Missouri, 93–80.^[2]

Roster

2001–02 Miami Hurricanes men's basketball team

Players

Coaches

Pos.	#	Name	Height	Weight	Year	Hometown
G/F	00	Leroy Hurd	6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)	205 lb (93 kg)	Jr	Moss Point, MS
G/F	3	Michael Simmons	6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)	185 lb (84 kg)	Sr	Los Angeles, CA
G	13	Paulo Coelho	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	185 lb (84 kg)	Sr	Figueira da Foz, Portugal
F	33	James Jones	6 ft 8 in (2.03 m)	211 lb (96 kg)	Jr	Hialeah, FL
G	45	John Salmons	6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)	200 lb (91 kg)	Sr	Philadelphia, PA

Date time, TV	Rank^#	Opponent^#	Result	Record	Site (attendance) city, state
Non-conference regular season
Nov 26, 2001*		Florida Atlantic	W 74–48	5–0	Miami Arena Miami, Florida
Dec 15, 2001*		vs. No. 21 Indiana Orange Bowl Basketball Classic	W 58–53	9–0	American Airlines Arena
Big East regular season
Jan 2, 2002	No. 21	at No. 24 Georgetown	W 79–71	14–0 (1–0)	Verizon Center Washington, D.C.
Jan 5, 2002	No. 21	at Connecticut	L 75–76	14–1 (1–1)	Harry A. Gampel Pavilion Storrs, Connecticut
Feb 26, 2002	No. 22	at Providence	W 81–65	22–6 (9–6)	Dunkin Donuts Center Providence, Rhode Island
Mar 2, 2002	No. 22	Virginia Tech	W 83–77	23–6 (10–6)	Miami Arena Miami, Florida
Big East tournament
Mar 7, 2002*	No. 20	vs. Georgetown Quarterfinals	W 84–76 ^OT	24–6	Madison Square Garden New York, New York
Mar 8, 2002*	No. 20	vs. No. 7 Pittsburgh Semifinals	L 71–76	24–7	Madison Square Garden New York, New York
NCAA tournament
Mar 14, 2002*	(5 W) No. 21	vs. (12 W) Missouri First round	L 80–93	24–8	University Arena Albuquerque, New Mexico
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from AP poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. W=West. All times are in Eastern Time.

v t e Miami Hurricanes men's basketball
Venues	Miami Beach Auditorium (1960s–1970s) Knight Center (1985–1988) Miami Arena (1988–2002) Watsco Center (2003–present)
Culture & lore	Sebastian the Ibis 2011 athletics scandal 2017–18 corruption scandal
People	Head coaches NBA players Statistical leaders
Seasons	List of seasons 1926–27 1927–28 1928–29 1929–30 1930–31 1931–32 1932–38 1938–39 1939–40 1940–41 1941–42 1942–45 1945–46 1946–47 1947–48 1948–49 1949–50 1950–51 1951–52 1952–53 1953–54 1954–55 1955–56 1956–57 1957–58 1958–59 1959–60 1960–61 1961–62 1962–63 1963–64 1964–65 1965–66 1966–67 1967–68 1968–69 1969–70 1970–71 1971–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90 1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–2000 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16 2016–17 2017–18 2018–19 2019–20 2020–21 2021–22 2022–23 2023–24 2024–25
NCAA Final Four appearance in italics